Day: March 17, 2021

Ellis By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Canoe man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center under a $100,000 bond this week, charged with the starvation of at least 28 cats and dogs on his property. Billy Earl Ellis, 53, of a Randolph Avenue address, is currently jailed on 10 counts of aggravated cruelty to animals. His property is located directly behind Escambia Academy. The criminal charges were filed…

Crop insurance agent arrested for growing marijuana Burkett A portion of the pot plants By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A local crop insurance agent is free on $1 million bond after a multi-agency contingent of lawmen raided his home and surrounding property March 9 and arrested him for operating an indoor marijuana farm. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Region A Drug Enforcement Task Force agents from Escambia County and Monroe…